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Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, died (www.theverge.com)

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure thats on the inside of the car and is actually covered as well. Release latch means shit in this situation, especially since car door design was more or less perfected over a hundred years ago at this point. Change for the sake of change is a damndable concept for tech.

[–] thefool@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I've had a couple of passengers open the door using the latch because they didn't know about the Open Door button.

I'm not saying it's a good design (it's dumb) but you can get out when there is no power